Own Company reviews

There are a number of strong "cons" even though there are many "pros." While working at Own, the team I was on all told me that Unlimited PTO has been being promised for years. But there are tons of excuses. "We are based in Israel, and have global operations, so this is difficult" is the primary one. Recently Own hired a Head of People. And the same excuses are passed along even though there are many companies based in Israel with global operations that have implemented Unlimited PTO. It's not that hard and they didn't need to reinvent the wheel. During 2020 there were many challenges. The company put on a decent 'face' on caring about the issues that were prevalent, such as Black Lives Matter. But, the CEO refused to publicly acknowledge the issues, or support them. In addition days like Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, and even election day are not company holidays. The team communicated that "we support you voting"...but do they if they don't actually give you the day off? Many team members said they would've really appreciated the day off for voting, and still would've worked! The disconnect on social issues is disappointing. The lack of diversity is also disappointing. It has improved recently (even though there was pushback from the leadership when the internal teams began 'campaigning' for these needed changes', but it has been in spite of the CEO vs. with his support. I will say that the CEO is very revenue focused and is strong on the business side, but very disconnected when it comes to anything not "directly related" to revenue. Yes many people are upset there isn't 401k. The more concerning item is when you get a promotion, or have been there longer than 4 years, you don't get additional stock. advice to management: See the cons. I'll paste them here for you: There are a number of strong "cons" even though there are many "pros." While working at Own, the team I was on all told me that Unlimited PTO has been being promised for years. But there are tons of excuses. "We are based in Israel, and have global operations, so this is difficult" is the primary one. Recently Own hired a Head of People. And the same excuses are passed along even though there are many companies based in Israel with global operations that have implemented Unlimited PTO. It's not that hard and they didn't need to reinvent the wheel. During 2020 there were many challenges. The company put on a decent 'face' on caring about the issues that were prevalent, such as Black Lives Matter. But, the CEO refused to publicly acknowledge the issues, or support them. In addition days like Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, and even election day are not company holidays. The team communicated that "we support you voting"...but do they if they don't actually give you the day off? Many team members said they would've really appreciated the day off for voting, and still would've worked! The disconnect on social issues is disappointing. The lack of diversity is also disappointing. It has improved recently (even though there was pushback from the leadership when the internal teams began 'campaigning' for these needed changes', but it has been in spite of the CEO vs. with his support. I will say that the CEO is very revenue focused and is strong on the business side, but very disconnected when it comes to anything not "directly related" to revenue. Yes many people are upset there isn't 401k. The more concerning item is when you get a promotion, or have been there longer than 4 years, you don't get additional stock.

Everything except the product If you don't get a good territory, no matter the segment (SMB, Commercial, or Enterprise), it will be extremely difficult to succeed. Those who have the Bay Area, NYC, Boston do well in every segment. If you don't get one of those territories, or maybe other large cities like Chicago or Atlanta.... Good luck... One of their values is "Build Trust Through Transparency", but that couldn't be further from the truth. They lie about everything. Forced Return to Office (3+ days for most of company, 5 days week for others) except for when they wanted to do mass layoffs, then it was okay for everyone to work from home and they fired everyone behind a computer screen Showed zero remorse for lay offs and never really showed like they cared about their employees. Felt like a number as it got very corporate very fast. They are just worried about going public and will do anything to anyone to make that happen. They over-hired, especially across the sales org and fired people with 3, 4, and 5 months of tenure, never even giving them a chance or opportunity to succeed with an unrealistic quota. It's very political and people go places that play the corporate game. Leadership is weak at the top as they over projected revenue for 2022 and then about 20% of their employees around the world had to pay for it. Pay is below average for most roles and super stingy about negotiating a higher salary. Also, they say unlimited PTO, but that's not entirely true as you will be judged for the amount of time you take off.